Teams considering GP weekend shake-up

So true Andy.

If you banned testing then Ferrari would suddenly develop an open wheel road car similar to the Caparo T1 but strangely identical to an F1 car. So would other teams..........

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Many years ago Elio de Angelis highlighted the absurdity of testing. I can't remember/find his exact comment, but it was along the lines of the teams spending huge sums of money and time in the search for a couple of tenths, when they could do their testing on the Friday of a race weekend. So they may lose a tenth or two as a result but so what? Everyone would be in the same situation and the status quo would remain the same. Testing on Fridays would also mean plenty of track time for spectators who wanted to see F1 cars in action meaning that Friday's may actually be worth spending money to attend.

Make Friday a "fan" day when the teams and sponsors, in addition to their testing, make the sport more accessible for the fans. Sure they'd be busy testing, but time could be set aside for autograph sessions, pits walkabouts etc.

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BRILLIANT IDEA, but actually very ancient and outmoded.....

I remember watkins glen and riverside in the 60's when one could DO EXACTLY THAT on a friday....indeed at the WSBK races at Seca in the late 90's and early 2000's, you could DO EXACTLY THAT.....then they went to motogp, and forget that amateur cr%p......... no sir, we be way above such sh$t, cause we want to be like Bernie's little circus, and if you ain't got 5k for a special pass that you get for one race from Switzerland, well, screw you.... :eek:

Read what I had to say about Paul Newman in the IRL thread, and my little experience at Riverside with Bruce mac. Indeed I got stories about Dan Gurney, and others, like Jim Clark.....but chances of that happening today??

Like less than zero..........unless my daddy owned marlboro.....

good idea but those days are gone, dead and gone.......sorry dudes